Linkuva

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Linkuva

Total population

1,550

Coordinates56.09°, 23.97°

Demographic figures from Statistics Lithuania. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Linkuva ; is a town in the Pakruojis district municipality, Lithuania. It is located 18 km (11 mi) north-east of Pakruojis.The town is more than 500 years old. Linkuva is a state-protected urbanistic monument. It is one of the oldest towns of Lithuanian Semigalia. 7 streets are coming into the central square of Linkuva.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Vilija Blinkevičiūtė

Lithuanian politician

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Vytautas Landsbergis-Žemkalnis

Lithuanian architect (1893–1993)

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Jonas Juozapaitis

Lithuanian politician

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Algimantas Matulevičius

Lithuanian politician (1948–2024)

Dailis Alfonsas Barakauskas

Lithuanian politician

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Kęstutis Juknis

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Vladas Garastas

Lithuanian basketball coach

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Kazys Petkevičius

Lithuanian basketball player (1926–2008)

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Kostas Korsakas

soviet Lithuanian literary scholar and critic (1909–1986)

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Kazimieras Garšva

Lithuanian linguist

Juozas Paukštelis

Lithuanian writer (1899-1981)

Petras Jurgaitis

politician

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Algirdas Lititauskas

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Gediminas Pranckūnas

Lithuanian actor (1944-2015)

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Jonas Valentas Čepulis

politician

Juozas Šalkauskas

Lithuanian journalist

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Šiauliai

• Megučioniai
  2.6 mi away · pop. 116
• Pamūšis
  3.4 mi away · pop. 214
• Raudonpamūšis
  4.1 mi away · pop. 5
• Guostagalis
  4.4 mi away · pop. 299
• Palinkuvė
  4.4 mi away
• Libariškis
  4.6 mi away
• Laborai
  4.7 mi away · pop. 70
• Papušai
  5.5 mi away
• Puodžiūnai
  6 mi away · pop. 33
• Masčioniai
  6.1 mi away
• Kvedarai
  6.1 mi away · pop. 5
• Paplonė
  6.1 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

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